cookery: March 2003 Archives

Listening to the Radio4 earlier in the week I heard that they have discovered that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Apparently it has a host of health benefits, certainly I feel better after having a decent breakfast. Recently porridge has become the perfect start the day meal, one part oats to 2 or 2 1/2 parts milk and water. Of course with coffee.

Crozet is interesting stuff that you can get to eat if you head down to the Haute-Savoie in the south east of France. It is sort of a bit like large bits of rice made of white flour and buckwheat flour. Kind of difficult to find outside of there, but if you go skiing or mountaineering you'll definitely have had it. Perfect warming food for recovery after climbing. Only found a few mentions online via google, here is a recipe in french